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Wade, Kimberley A., Nash, Robert A. and Erner, Lily C. (2023) The malleability of memory. In: Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128093245 (In Press)
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Abstract
In connecting us to the past, memories determine who we are. But we do not access that past, we construct it – and in doing so we construct ourselves. This chapter explores the fallibility of memory for words, witnessed events, and personal experiences. It explains how memory errors arise and reviews research into factors influencing false memory development. An understanding of these processes helps for explaining the difficulty of distinguishing true from false memories; this chapter details researchers’ most promising attempts. Finally, the chapter considers the possible adaptive benefits of false memories as well as their potentially tragic effects in the criminal justice system.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||
ISBN: | 9780128093245 | ||||||
Book Title: | Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology | ||||||
Official Date: | 26 December 2023 | ||||||
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DOI: | 10.1016/B978-0-443-15754-7.00005-5 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
Description: | This is a update of Kimberley A. Wade, Harriet Rowthorn, Divya Sukumar, 2.30 – The Malleability of Memory, Editor: John H. Byrne, Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference (Second Edition), Academic Press, 2017, Pages 553–570, ISBN 9780128052914, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.21058-4 |
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